Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 7(1) substituted by No. 48/2018 s. 67(2).
(1) A person other than a registered housing association or registered housing provider must not conduct the business of operating a rooming house without a licence.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 240 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
In the case of a body corporate, 1200 penalty units.
(2) If a declaration is made under section 19(2) or (3) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 in respect of a building, subsection (1) does not apply to a rooming house operator who operates a rooming house at that building for a period of 60 days from the date that the declaration is made.
Note to s. 7(2) amended by No. 40/2022 s. 57.
Note
Section 19(2) and (3) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 provides that the Minister may declare certain buildings to be rooming houses following a request by the owner of the building or Homes Victoria (within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Housing Act 1983 ).
S. 7(3) inserted by No. 48/2018 s. 67(3).
(3) In this section—
"registered housing association" has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1983 ;
"registered housing provider" has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1983 .